Chess
-
-
4.5 • 6 Ratings
-
-
- $4.99
-
- $4.99
Publisher Description
'... a human being, an intellectual human being who constantly bends the entire force of his mind on the ridiculous task of forcing a wooden king into the corner of a wooden board, and does it without going mad!'
A group of passengers on a cruise ship challenge the world chess champion to a match. At first, they crumble, until they are helped by whispered advice from a stranger in the crowd - a man who will risk everything to win. Stefan Zweig's acclaimed novella Chess is a disturbing, intensely dramatic depiction of obsession and the price of genius.
Customer Reviews
A nice short read
I found this book to be a nice short read, a chess story written in typical late 1800s style, about an idiot savant versus a man who rote learned chess out of sheer boredom while imprisoned by the Gestapo. As far as imagery and writing it is well written. It held my attention one afternoon. RIP Stefan Zweig, who died of suicide due to the heartache of being Jewish during the Holocaust.